fax machine
noun
a machine for faxing documents, photographs, and other flat media.
fax machines
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pluralof fax machine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The artist’s long career swept in artworks made not only on cameras and canvases, but on such things as fax machines and photocopiers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Elsewhere a number of trusts have fax machines in storage as an emergency back up in the event of other forms of communication going down.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
The results were transistors, solar cells, lasers, fax machines and cellphone networks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
Long before the advent of email or even fax machines, the show’s text was still evolving as opening night approached, the script changes mailed cross-country to the various companies.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
Totalitarian systems depend on a monopoly of information and force, and too much information started to slip through the Iron Curtain, thanks to the spread of fax machines, telephones, and, eventually, the personal computer.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
